South Dakota · Nonprofit
BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695
BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695 (South Dakota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $167,247 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS ($153,616). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $726k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $167k
- Net assets
- $589k
What Black Hills Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 695 does
Mission
The council promotes, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america, the scouting program of promoting the ability of boys and girls, along with young men and women to do things for themselves and others, training them in scoutcraft and teaching them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by the boy scouts of america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The council organizes and supports the scouting program in 12 counties in western south dakota and 2 counties in eastern wyoming, which encompasses a 30,000 square mile geographical area and is one of the largest youth serving organizations in the community. At december 31, 2024, 583 youth were registered in scouting programs. Cub scouting is the largest of the scouting programs, available to boys and girls from kindergarten to fifth-grade or 5 to 11 years. The program is designed to pursue the aims of character development, leadership development, citizenship training, and personal fitness. Cub scouting is divided into grade-based levels of lion cubs, tiger cubs, wolf cubs, bear cubs, and webelos scouts. Scouts bsa is the flagship scouting program for boys and girls ages 11 to 18. It uses outdoor activities such as camping, aquatics and hiking to achieve the aims of character development, leadership development, citizenship training and personal fitness training. It adds a program of high adventure and sporting activities. The order of the arrow is the scouts bsa national honor society for experienced campers, and dedicated to the ideals of cheerful service and brotherhood.…
$857,935 spentof which $11 as grants$457,047 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $857,935.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $1.3M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 12% · 2021 19% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $56k → $979.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 82% · 2020 74% · 2021 99% · 2022 84% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
92% of BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695's grant income comes from South Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $341 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695?
- BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695 (South Dakota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $167,247 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS ($153,616). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695 have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $167,247 in grants to BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695?
- UNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS is the largest funder on record, with $153,616 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing